Jacksonville city inspector suspended after citing business owner for flying military flags

americanthinker.com ^ | 4/18/2018 | Rick Moran

[rktman]

An inspector for the city of Jacksonville, Florida has been suspended for her behavior after citing the owner of Jaguar Power Sports for flying military flags on a rooftop display.

The flags were apparently in violation of code.

But it was the behavior of the inspector, Melinda Power, that got her in hot water with the mayor's office and led to her suspension.

A customer, a wounded warrior, overheard her citing the owner and objected. Her response was that he “did nothing for this country.”

[rktman]

Follow up to yesterdays story. I did a search and nothing turned up. So, apparently her citing them was correct but her comments were offensive so, suspension. With pay? A letter in her records? Re-instatement with an apology from the city for suspending her? Seems to me, as I recall, Jacksonville is a military town. I was on two different ships out of Mayport/Jax Beach back in the day.

[patro]

Home of MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River.

[patro]

Oops. Jax FL. NAS Jacksonville.

[Ezekiel]

But Mrs. Power not only saw an opportunity to wield power, she also decided to slap down one of the little people who dared challenge her authority

I wonder what "Mr. Power" has to say about all this, or is that not allowed in that family?

[rktman]

;-)

[simpson96]

[LouAvul]

Looking at her picture, I hate broads like this. My BIL is an OK teacher. He went to the capital for a show of solidarity during their walkout. The men were gathered together wanting to sign the papers and get back to work, but he said those white middle aged broads were all militant and scary. I hate broads like these.

BTW, from the article: Even if there was an ordnance against flying the military flags - and apparently there was one, or an ordnance

There probably is an ordinance against ordnance.

[liberalh8ter]

And to think, it wasn’t that long ago we flew an American flag on the moon.This woman would probably volunteer to go retrieve what’s left of it.

[VeniVidiVici]

Many cities in FL use LE personnel as code enforcement. Wonder if thats true here?

[ExTxMarine]

It looks like she was doing her best Cartmann impersonation - You WILL respect my AUTHORITAH!

[null and void]

I would have been sorely tempted to deck this wanna-be Nazi.

[Arm_Bears]

I live in Jacksonville and sent an e-mail message to Mayor Curry and my City Council representative in which I took strong exception to my taxes being used to pay the salary of this commissarette.

We’ll see what kind of response I get back, if any.

Link to the story in this morning’s paper:

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180417/city-employee-supervisor-placed-on-leave-over-military-flags-flap-in-jacksonville

[MeganC]

Just me but my personal policy is that if someone wags a finger at me then they don’t want that finger anymore.

[Rebelbase]

Ms. Eichmann’s hate would be better served in Seattle than Jacksonville.

[redcatcherb412]

Idiot tells wounded veteran his 3 bullets he took in the leg that his military service was NOTHING. Someone take this fat beyotch out to the range and shoot her in the leg.

[T-Bone Texan]

I vote for capital punishment.

Not just for her, but for everyone like her across our entire Nation.

[ExTxMarine]

[ExTxMarine]

[Joe Marine 76]

I make that mistake all the time. That said, my older brother Senior Chief (HTCS) retired lives in Jax, FL.... LOTS of military retirees there. Also located there is Mayport Naval Station where he served twice and deployed from once to the Mediterranean; also Blount Island Command for the Maritime Preposition Ships Program and NAS Cecil Field (Auxiliary Airfield) in Green Cove Springs. The inspector is an idiot.

[mewzilla]

Suspended, huh? So she, in essence, is on a paid vacation until the heat’s off.

Snort.